Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages.
All plates present. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed with slight loss of colour. Covers marked, mainly at edges. Bookplate and name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Contents clean.

THE SEVEN WISE SCHOLARS
Written by Ascott R. Hope; Dr. R. Macfie.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1406462
Published by Blackie & Son.
1887.
Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 223 pages + 32 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt.
Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splits in cloth at top and bottom of spine. Covers are marked and grubby. Some hinges are cracked. Name and date to front flyleaf. A little foxing. Grubby marks to some margins.

"Being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales; chiefly translated from that much admired works L'Ami Des Enfans." Burgandy leather binding with gilt title and bands to spine. 74 b/w woodcut illustrations to text. 259 pages plus 24 page book list to rear. 7 x 4".
Spine and corners bumped. Spine is browned and worn. Wear to corners and board edges. Scuff marks and wear to covers. Front joint cracked with small split at bottom. Rear joint beginning to crack. Names to front pastedown. Booksellers label to rear pastedown. Browning to edges of pastedowns and endpapers. Some foxing and fingering to contents.

THE FAVOURITE PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Illustrated by John Absolon; Halbot Knight Phiz Browne; John Gilbert; Thomas Landseer; John Leech; J.S. Prout; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1315589
Published by Grant and Griffith.
circa
1870.
Almost very good condition.

'A gallery of delights designed for the amusement and instruction of the young with several hundred illustrations'. New Edition. Large format. Cloth spine with orange decorated boards. Hand-coloured illustrations. 32 pages (printed on one side only).
Covers are worn. New endpapers. Light foxing and grubby fingermarks to pages. A decent copy of an early edition.

'A gallery of delights designed for the amusement and instruction of the young with several hundred illustrations'. Large format. Cloth spine with green decorated boards. Printed on linen backed paper. Hand-coloured illustrations. 32 pages (printed on one side only).
Professionally re-backed with new blue cloth spine and new endpapers. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and scratched with surface-paper damage to rear cover. Some fingermarks, light foxing and creases to page corner tips. Although all the pages are present they are not in number order (possible binding error?).

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward".
Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers.
Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.